A new black bear hunt in Florida? FWC seeking public feedback, comments. Here's when
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering the state's first black bear hunt in 10 years as the ...
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Florida's black bears may be in the crosshairs again as public calls rise with development
Development in Florida ... has grown significantly in some areas, and black bears were removed from state protection lists in 2012. At that point the state started its bear management, and a ...
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FWC to host a series of public meetings on a proposed bear hunt in Florida
According to the FWC, the black bear population has come back from just several hundred bears in the 1970s to over 4,000 ...
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Florida considers lifting bear hunting ban after nearly a decade
For decades, the bear population was so low that they were granted legal protection. But now, complaints have grown that there are too many. The Florida ... "I think that black bears are not ...